Emissions of state valuable postal matter in October

On October 8, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 175th Birth Anniversary of Alexander Sibiryakov, an entrepreneur and an explorer of Siberia, will go into postal circulation in the Geographical Projects of Russia series

Alexander Sibiryakov (1849-1933) was a Russian entrepreneur and an explorer of Siberia.

In 1885-1895, he was a councilor of the Irkutsk City Duma; he prepared plans for the development of Siberia via “improving transport service, the construction of roads and canals in it, its maritime relations with neighboring countries”. In 1890, the director general of the Ural mining plants issued a certificate to Sibiryakov for prospecting and development of gold fields and ore deposits in the Tobolsk Province

In the 1880s, A. Sibiryakov explored the mouths of the rivers of Pechora, Yenisei, Ob, and Amur, the coasts of the Kara and Okhotsk Seas, and overland routes between the rivers of Western and Eastern Siberia. He built a road from the Pechora to the Ob, which later became known as the Sibiryakov tract. It was used for transporting Siberian cargoes to the Pechora Region, Mezensky Uyezd, to the Murmansk coast, to Northern Norway and Denmark. An important stage in the realization of the plan was the work on improvement of navigation conditions on the Angara River.

A. Sibiryakov outlined the course and results of his numerous travels in a number of articles and books.

A. Sibiryakov's charitable activities pursued mainly the goal of development of education and culture in Siberia. In 1893, he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Irkutsk.

The main illustration provides a portrait of A. Sibiryakov against the background of a map of the Sibiryakov tract, as well as the RGS logo; the commemorative stamp features images that symbolically represent geographic projects.

In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow, Irkutsk and Tomsk.


Design Artists: S. Kapranov and I. Ulyanovsky.
Quantity: 5 thousand postcards.


On October 9, a stamp dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union will go into postal circulation

On October 9 of 1874, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), an international intergovernmental organization with the status of a specialized agency of the United Nations that unites 192 countries of the world, was established in the city of Berne in Switzerland. The UPU's main objective is to promote the sustainable development of universal, efficient, and affordable postal services.

The Russian Federation executes an international mail exchange with all UPU member countries and takes an active part in the activities of its bodies: the Universal Postal Congress, the Council of Administration and the Postal Operations Council. Since 2012, Russia, represented by A. Adibekov, the Director General of JSC Marka, has been heading the World Association for the Development of Philately.

The postage stamp provides an image of the emblem of the Universal Postal Union: a globe surrounded by five women representing the five parts of the world.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Orel, Samara, Kaliningrad, Penza and Kaluga as well a maxi-card.


Design: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 152×152 mm.
Form of issue: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 99 thousand stamps (11 thousand sheets).


On October 9, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 150th Birth Anniversary of painter Nikolai Roerich will go into postal circulation

Nikolai Roerich (1874-1947) was a Russian painter, a scenographer, a mystical philosopher, a writer, a traveler, an archaeologist and a public figure. He was an Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1909); the author of the Roerich Pact, the founder of international cultural movements Peace through Culture and the Banner of Peace. He created about 7 thousand paintings and 30 volumes of literary works.

In art workshops, he created sketches for mosaics and paintings in ancient techniques. One of the most famous works is the decoration in the Holy Spirit Church in Talashkino.

Roerich created mosaics and murals for churches, train stations and houses. He invented opera, ballet and drama theatricals, and as a master of book and magazine graphics, decorated various editions.

In 1920, at the invitation of the Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, Nikolai Roerich and his family moved to the USA. In America, he organized a three-year exhibition tour through 30 cities. In 1923, he went to France, and then to India, where he arranged a large-scale Central Asian expedition. After the trip, the couple founded the Institute of Himalayan Studies in New York, and then the Urusvati Institute in the Himalayas, in the Kullu Valley.

From the end of 1935, N. Roerich lived permanently in India. He painted more than a thousand paintings over 12 years. In India, he painted his series Shambhala, Genghis Khan, Kuluta, Kulu, Holy Mountains, Tibet, Ashrams. During the Second World War, he again turned in his art to the theme of the Motherland and created a number of paintings using images of Russian history, such as: Igor's Campaign, Alexander Nevsky, Partisans, Victory, The Bogatyrs are Awake.

The postage stamp provides an image of painting Rooks by Nikolai Roerich (1903, State Museum of Oriental Art); the margins of the souvenir sheet feature painting Portrait of N.K. Roerich by S.N. Roerich (1928, State Museum of Oriental Art).

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Barnaul and Novosibirsk as well as illustrated covers for the souvenir sheet with a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside; and for the second emission type: an imperforated souvenir sheet made on canvas-type design paper.


Design Artist: O. Savina.
Face value: 200 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 124×88 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 50×42 mm.
Quantity: 17 thousand souvenir sheets (the 1-st emission type); 3.6 thousand souvenir sheets (the 2-nd emission type*).
*To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.


On October 15, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 550th Anniversary of alcohol regulation in Russia will go into postal circulation

Wine monopoly means the establishment of the exclusive right of the state or individuals to produce and sell alcoholic liquors. For the first time in Russia, the state monopoly on wine production was instituted by Ivan III of Russia in 1474. Under Ivan the Terrible, state-run drinking houses - taverns - appeared. The first monopoly lasted until 1533.

The second state monopoly on the production of wine and other alcohol was introduced in 1652 under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. The measure was in force until 1681.

In 1696, Peter I established the third state monopoly. In 1716, he introduced freedom of distillation in Russia by imposing a distillery duty on producers. Gradually the nobility's monopoly on distillation was established.

Under Catherine II, a well structured system of wine farming was formed. It was regulated by the Statute on Distillery (1765), according to which only noblemen were allowed to distil wine. In 1861, the Regulations on Drinking Taxes eliminated the farming system.

The fourth monopoly was introduced on the initiative of the Minister of Finance S. Witte in 1894. During the USSR years, the monopoly on alcohol sales existed since January of 1924. Due to M. Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign in 1985, moonshining began to advance in the country.

Currently, the regulation functions in this field in Russia are handled by the Federal Service for the Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets (Rosalkogoltabakkontrol).

The postage stamp provides an image of a double-headed eagle from the seal of Ivan III, who established the first wine monopoly. The margins of the souvenir sheet feature a fragment of drawing The Moscow Kremlin under Ivan III by A. Vasnetsov, a fragment of the Statute on Distillery of 1765 adopted under Catherine II, as well as a collage of images symbolizing wine production in Russia.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.


Design Artist: M. Bodrova.
Face value: 170 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 125×94 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet (diam): 33 mm.
Quantity: 17 thousand souvenir sheets.


On October 16, a tariff stamp with the face value of 72 rubles will go into postal circulation

The face value of 72 rubles of a tariff stamp corresponds to the current mail transmission rate for sending a registered letter.

The issue is provided with an up-to-date set of protection means; the stamp is produced on a self-adhesive support material.

The postage stamp presents an emblem of the federal postal service organizations of the Russian Federation in an ornamental design.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow.


Artist: V. Nikonov; Design: A. Moskovets.
Face values: 72 rubles.
Stamp size: 25×34 mm; sheet size: 203.2×220 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 30 (6×5) stamps.
Quantity: 25,020 million stamps.


On October 17, a stamp dedicated to the Forensic Service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation will go into postal circulation

The history of the establishment of the forensics service dates back to October 19, 1954, when the Decree of the Soviet Public Prosecutor № 3/195 approved the Instruction About work of the prosecutor-criminalist, which defined the duties of prosecutor-criminalists concerning the introduction of technical and forensic means and recommendations for the detection and investigation of crimes.

After the institution of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in 2011, the forensic science service underwent certain changes, and the name of prosecutor-criminalists changed to investigator-criminalists.

The activities of the Forensic Directorate is aimed at prompt and high-quality investigation of crimes, its forensic support, introduction of science and technology achievements into the activities of the department, the development of methods and tactics of investigation of crimes of certain types, implementation of expert activities and other powers.

The postage stamp provides an image of the emblem of the Forensic Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow.


Design: I. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 70 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 131×137 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 54 thousand stamps (6 thousand sheets).


On October 22, a stamp dedicated to the Meeting of BRICS Heads of State in the city of Kazan will go into postal circulation

BRICS (an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is an interstate union of 10 states: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, UAE, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia.

It was established in June of 2006 within the framework of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum with the participation of Ministers of Economics of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Bilateral relations between the BRICS countries are based mainly on the principals of non-interference, equality and mutual benefit.

Since 2009, BRICS governments have held annual official summits.

Russia will chair the 16th BRICS Summit on October 22-24 of 2024 in Kazan. In addition to the member countries of the Union, also present will be representatives of other Russia friendly states.

The postage stamp provides an image of the emblem of the 16th BRICS Summit against the background of the panorama of the city of Kazan.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Kazan.


Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 90 thousand stamps (6 thousand sheets).


On October 23, a postage stamp dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of Mikhail Reshetnev, an academician, the founder of cosmonautics, will go into postal circulation

Mikhail Reshetnev (1924-1996) was a scientist, a design engineer, one of the founders of the Soviet (Russian) cosmonautics. M. Reshetnev was a Doctor of Technical Sciences, a professor, an Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and RAS. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and inventions. Under his guidance or with his direct participation, approximately 30 types of space complexes and systems were developed and more than a thousand satellites were put into orbit. He made a significant contribution to the development of Russian satellite communications and navigation systems.

In 1950-1959, he worked in OKB-1 as an engineer, a leading designer, and a deputy chief designer. Since 1959, M. Reshetnev, while being S. Korolev’s Deputy Chief Designer in the OKB-1, simultaneously became the Chief Designer of the enterprise p/b 80 - the Head of the “eastern” branch of the OKB-1 (since October 1961 referred to as OKB-10) in the city of Krasnoyarsk-26 (nowadays, the city of Zheleznogorsk, the Krasnoyarsk Territory).

Under M. Reshetnev's leadership, the Cosmos universal launch vehicle was designed on the basis of combat ballistic missile R-14. In August of 1964, it was used to launch the first satellites of OKB-10 into orbit. In 1967, OKB-10 was renamed the Design Bureau of Applied Mechanics (KB PM), and M. Reshetnev became the General Designer of an independent design bureau, the chief subject matter of which was the development of information satellite systems (for communications, television broadcasting, navigation, and geodesy) for military and civil purposes.

Since 1977, M. Reshetnev was the General Designer and the Director General of NPO Applied Mechanics, which incorporated the Mechanical Plant and the Design Bureau of Applied Mechanics. Since 1967, he lectured at the Krasnoyarsk State Technical Institute, and since 1989, he was a Professor and the Head of the Chair of Mechanics and Control Flows at the Krasnoyarsk State University.

The postage stamp provides a portrait of Mikhail Reshetnev and images of the Luch and SESAT satellites.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Zheleznogorsk of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Krasnoyarsk, Penza and Chelyabinsk.


Design Artist: M. Podobed.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 90 thousand stamps (6 thousand sheets).


On October 23, three postage stamps dedicated to the buildings of diplomatic missions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation will go into postal circulation

Russia disposes of one of the largest networks of foreign diplomatic missions, with Russian embassies and consulates operating in virtually every country of the world.

The Russian Embassy in Iran, a palace in the Atabek Park in Tehran, has served the interests of the Russian state since 1915. On November 28 through December 1, 1943, it hosted the conference of the heads of the three Allied powers of the anti-Hitler coalition with the participation of the leaders of the countries: J. Stalin, F. Roosevelt and W. Churchill.

The residence of the Russian Ambassador to Italy, Villa Abamelek, located close to the ancient Aurelian Road in Rome, was built in the 17th century. The building has been the official residence of the Russian Ambassador to Italy since 1947.

The Russian Embassy in Mexico is a building constructed in 1911 in place of the historic 17th century Hacienda Santa Catarina del Arenal; it is located on Avenida José Vasconcelos in Mexico City. Since 1942, the mansion has served the interests of the Russian state.

The postage stamps feature the Russian Embassy in Iran, the Residence of the Russian Ambassador to Italy, and the Russian Embassy in Mexico.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow.


Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 75 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×143 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins (3×4) with 11 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 66 thousand each stamp (6 thousand each sheet).


On October 25, a stamp dedicated to the 125th Birth Anniversary of Nikolai Dollezhal, a scientist, a designer, a twice Hero of Socialist Labor, will go into postal circulation

Nikolai Dollezhal (1899-2000) was a Soviet scientist in energetics, a designer of nuclear reactors, a Professor, an Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1962), a corresponding member (1953), a twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1949, 1984) a Winner of three Stalin Awards (1949, 1952, 1953), of a Lenin Prize (1957) and two State Prizes of the USSR (1970, 1976). He developed the theory of self-acting valves of a reciprocating compressor. Dollezhal was the Chief Designer of the reactor of the world's first nuclear power plant.

In 1943, he took the lead of the Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering. Since 1946, he was involved in the Soviet Atomic Project, designing the first industrial nuclear reactors for the production of weapons-grade plutonium, that is, water-graphite plants with the vertical arrangement of graphite columns and water cooling channels. After successful tests of the atomic bomb in the summer of 1949, he started to develop power reactors for shipboard installations. In 1950, SKB-5 was established, which, under the leadership of N. Dollezhal, began to develop the reactor design for the world's first nuclear power plant.

In 1954, a reactor plant of the water-cooled type was designed for submarines. In the same year, the world's first nuclear power plant in Obninsk came into operation, the heart of which was the “AM unit” - the USSR first pressure-tube nuclear reactor of the water-cooled graphite-moderated type.

In 1952, Nikolai Dollezhal took the lead of the Special Institute, aka NII-8 (presently, Dollezhal Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering - NIKIET). The Institute designed reactors of all basic types: power-producing, commercial and research reactor installations. Later on, the institutes of N. Dollezhal and I. Kurchatov jointly designed a dual-purpose (later on purely power-producing) RBMK reactors. In 1961, N. Dollezhal initiated the “nuclear” Chair named Energy-Converting Machines and Installations at the Moscow State Technical University and headed it for 25 years.

The postage stamp provides a portrait of Nikolai Dollezhal and an ideograph of atom against the background of the Dollezhal R&D Institute of Power Engineering.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.


Design Artist: Kh. Betredinova
Face value: 72 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 75 thousand stamps (5 thousand sheets).


On October 25, a postage stamp dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of Victor Makeev, an originator of the Russian school of naval rocket and missile engineering, a twice Hero of Socialist Labor, will go into postal circulation

Viktor Makeev (1924-1985) was a pioneer of the Russian scientific and design school of naval strategic missile engineering, a designer general, a Doctor of Technical Sciences (1965), an Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1976), a corresponding member (1968). He was a twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1961, 1974), a Winner of the Lenin (1959) and State Prizes (1968, 1978, 1983).

Since 1947, Makeev worked at the Experimental Design Bureau-1 of NII-88 as a leading designer. He participated in the development of the R-11 operational-tactical missile and the first naval ballistic missile R-11FM. In 1955, at the suggestion of S. Korolev, he was appointed Chief Designer of SKB-385. Since 1963, Makeev headed the enterprise, and since 1977, he was its General Designer.

Under his leadership, the design bureau became the leading research and development organization in the country; and a branchy cooperation of research institutes, design bureaus, manufacturing plants, and test sites was formed to solve the problems of designing, manufacturing, and testing of missile systems. The result of V. Makeev's activities, of the design bureau he headed and the cooperation of enterprises is three generations of naval strategic missile systems adopted by the Navy.

He is the author of 32 fundamental inventions and more than 200 scientific papers including monographs. He did much teaching and headed the Scientific Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

The postage stamp provides a portrait of Viktor Makeev against the background of the R-29R missile, its drawing and the moment of its testing at the test site.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Chelyabinsk and Miass of the Chelyabinsk Region.


Design Artist: V. Beltyukov.
Face value: 60 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 142×176 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 90 thousand stamps (6 thousand sheets).


On October 25, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 125th Birth Anniversary of Mikhail Zharov, an actor, a director, a People's Artist of the USSR, a Hero of Socialist Labor, will go into postal circulation

Mikhail Zharov (1899-1981) was an actor and a director of theater and cinema, a screenwriter. He was a Hero of Socialist Labor (1974), an Honored Artist of the Republic (1935), a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1944), a People's Artist of the USSR (1949), and a winner of three Stalin Prizes.

From 1938 to the end of his life, he worked as an actor of the Maly Theater where he played mainly roles of classical repertoire, and besides, served as a director of theatrical performances. For many years, he was a public director of the Central House of the Actor named after A.A. Yablochkina.

His debut episodic role in the film was that of an oprichnik in the Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible (1915).

Zharov played his first big role of Red Army soldier Egor in 1925 in film The Road to Happiness, and in 1931, one of his most known roles, of bandit Zhigan in the first artistic sound film of the USSR - Start in life by N. Ekk.

In I. Annensky’s films, he played several roles from the literary works by A. Chekhov: a thundering, glowing with health landowner Smirnov in vaudeville The Bear (1938), a cheerful teacher Kovalenko in the comedy Man in a Case (1939) and carelessly leading a fast life landowner Artynov in drama Anna on the Neck (1954).

During the war years, he played dashing Cossack Perchikhin in the historical-revolutionary epic film of the Vasilyev brothers Defense of Tsaritsyn (1942) and Malyuta Skuratov in historical drama Ivan the Terrible (1944) by S. Eisenstein.

After the war, he made his debut as a film director with war comedy Restless Outfit (1946). In total, he played in more than 60 films.

The commemorative stamp provides a portrait of Mikhail Zharov; the main illustration features a still from film The Bear (1938), Belgoskino.

In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce a special cancel for Moscow.


Design Artist: V. Khablovsky.
Quantity: 4 thousand postcards.


On October 31, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 175th Anniversary of the Grand Kremlin Palace will go into postal circulation

The Grand Kremlin Palace is one of the Moscow Kremlin palaces. It was constructed in 1838−1849 by order of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia by famous architect K. Thon. The Palace serves as the ceremonial residence of the head of state.

Prominent Moscow architects participated in the construction of the Palace, among them N. Chichagov, F. Richter, P. Gerasimov, V. Bakarev, N. Shokhin.

Its five reception halls on the first floor of the palace - St Andrew, St Alexander, St George, St Vladimir and Catherine Halls - are dedicated to Russian orders with their elements embedded in the stucco decoration of each hall.

In the 20th century, the rooms and halls of the Grand Kremlin Palace were used for negotiations and summit meetings, sessions of the Council of the Union and the Council of Nationalities, as well as of various commissions during sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. During World War II, the Grand Kremlin Palace was used to hold ceremonial meetings with foreign delegations.

Presently, the Grand Kremlin Palace is the venue for the most ceremonial events of national importance. It is used for the President's inauguration ceremonies, presentation of governmental awards and credentials, and festive receptions.

The souvenir sheet features a panorama facing the Grand Kremlin Palace.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow, as well as an illustrated cover with the souvenir sheet, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside.


Artist: V. Nikinov, Design: M. Bodrova
Face value: 175 rubles
Souvenir sheet size: 113×80 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 65×32.5 mm
Quantity: 20 thousand souvenir sheets.
Тираж: 20 тыс.

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